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Donald Trump sparks outrage after publicly thanking Vladimir Putin for a Russian diesel deal while missile strikes hit civilians across Ukraine.

Watch the progressive analysis of Donald Trump's press gaggle on the South Lawn of the White House. When questioned by reporters about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calling his foreign policy weak, Trump dismisses the criticism and openly brags about negotiating a multi-million-ton diesel fuel deal with the Kremlin. Standing outside the White House, Trump looks directly into the press microphones and states: "I want to thank President Putin, to be honest with you."

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00:00I wanna thank President Putin, to be honest with you.
00:03We have massive amounts of oil being coming into our country
00:07and it's diesel, which is what we want.
00:09You are not mishearing that.
00:10Standing outside the White House,
00:12Donald Trump just publicly thanked a Russian dictator
00:15for sending millions of tons of diesel fuel to America
00:18while Russian missiles slaughter civilians across Ukraine.
00:21Watch the full exchange.
00:23You just said that you are weak because of it.
00:28Anyway, I think you heard about the oil deal with Russia.
00:31That is a big deal.
00:33That is massive amounts of oil coming into our country.
00:36And I wanna thank President Putin, to be honest with you.
00:39We have massive amounts of oil being coming into our country
00:43and it's diesel, which is what we want.
00:45Notice what happened the second a reporter brought up
00:47Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calling him weak.
00:51Donald Trump immediately smiled, waved his hand,
00:54and bragged about his backroom negotiations
00:57with the Kremlin.
00:58Ronald Reagan is rolling in his grave.
01:01For decades, the conservative establishment claimed
01:04to champion peace through strength
01:06and stand against authoritarian aggression.
01:08Today, Donald Trump is openly financing
01:11Vladimir Putin's military treasury to shave pennies
01:14off gas prices before an election.
01:17Hours after this announcement, Russian airstrikes slammed
01:20into residential apartment complexes in Zaporizhia,
01:23killing 17 innocent civilians, including three children.
01:28That is who Donald Trump is thanking.
01:30While Democratic allies fight and die for their sovereignty,
01:34Donald Trump is treating American foreign policy
01:36like a cheap real estate deal with a war criminal.

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